May 23, 1976
We rejected the discredited techniques of all politics--tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect.
Gerald Ford
The Public Record
Gerald Rudolph Ford was the 38th President of the United States, serving from August 9, 1974, to January 20, 1977. A member of the Republican Party, Ford was born in Michigan and previously served as the U.S. House of Representatives member from 1949 to 1973. He also held the position of House Minority Leader from 1965 until he became President. Ford is particularly known for his efforts to heal the nation following the Watergate scandal and for his controversial decision to pardon former President Richard Nixon.
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May 23, 1976
We trust that Japan's example will encourage yet broader adherence to the treaty and its objectives.
May 23, 1976
I urge you in 1976, don't trade in your reliable Ford for a flashier model.
May 23, 1976
I want the American people to keep more of the money that they have worked so hard to earn.
May 23, 1976
I will promise no more than I can deliver, and I will deliver everything that I promise.
May 23, 1976
This action is a singularly important event in the life of the treaty.
May 23, 1976
We can deter aggression, we can maintain our national security, and we can keep the peace.
May 23, 1976
I have come here to say this year there's absolutely no reason to trade in a reliable Ford for a flashier model.
May 23, 1976
I will secure the peace through strength and perseverance and leave the legacy of peace for our children and their children.
May 23, 1976
I think the record shows that these policies have been very successful.
May 22, 1976
Your generation bears a very special task--the preservation of individualism-but you do not bear that task alone.
May 22, 1976
This is still a country where the government serves and the people rule.
May 22, 1976
I will finish my most important job--restoration of trust in the Presidency itself.
May 22, 1976
I am determined to prevent conformist pressures from smothering individual expression or stifling individual opportunity.
May 22, 1976
As President, I'm constantly aware that the ultimate authority of our Republic is not in the White House; it is in the people.
May 22, 1976
It may sound awfully trite, but we have been letting Uncle Sam do it far, far too long.
May 22, 1976
It is about time you got to spend your money the way you want to spend it, instead of letting the Congress spend it for you.
May 22, 1976
I agree with Theodore Roosevelt's observation that 'to educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.'
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